Winter annual small grain forage potential. II. Quantification of nutritive characteristics of four small grain species at six growth stages

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 881-899

  Edmisten, Keith L ^a   Green Jr , James T ^a   Mueller, J Paul ^a   Burns, Joe C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVENA; BOVIDAE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031812843     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103629809369993     Document Type: Article

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